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wooden spoonists

wooden spoonists is the plural of wooden spoonist.

Meaning of wooden spoonist

Noun

wooden spoonist (plural wooden spoonists)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.
    • At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P, of Fitzwilliam Hall, the " wooden spoonist."1911, Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London
    Synonyms:
    wooden spooner

Questions about wooden spoonists

What is wooden spoonists the plural of?
Wooden spoonists is the plural of wooden spoonist.

Words near wooden spoonists in the dictionary

  1. wooden overcoats
  2. wooden spoon
  3. wooden spooner
  4. wooden spooners
  5. wooden spoonist
  6. wooden spoonists
  7. wooden spoons
  8. wooden surtout
  9. wooden surtouts
  10. wooden wedge
  11. wooden wedges

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